WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 836 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH PERIODS OF
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SNOW AT TIMES. MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP CHRISTMAS MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES ON FRIDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY
RANGE FROM 6 TO LOCALLY 15 INCHES...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN
EXCESS OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE TOWARDS THE MINNESOTA BORDER.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN
RURAL AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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